#FAD863#FAD863

#FAD863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.140 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAD863
RGB	rgb(250, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(46, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 60.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, -1.38, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 60.72, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.9% -0.0077 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(88.9% 0.14 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.2353, 70.3400, 21.8901)
Luminance	0.7034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAD863 #6385FA

analogous

#FA8C63 #FAD863 #D0FA63

triadic

#FAD863 #63FAD8 #D863FA

tetradic

#FAD863 #63FA8C #6385FA #FA63D0

square

#FAD863 #63FA8C #6385FA #FA63D0

split-complementary

#FAD863 #63D0FA #8C63FA

monochromatic

#DCAC07 #F8C928 #FAD863 #FCE79E #FEF6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FAD863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#FAD863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAD863

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAD863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAD863	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fad863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.140 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe393',
    500: '#fad863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fad863;
$custom-light: #ffe393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fad863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 93.789,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88895,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAD863

secondary

#2E53D4

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAD863

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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